Nigeria confirms 1st case of new virus in sub-Saharan Africa

by Associated Press
| February 28, 2020 2:05 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa as the outbreak spread to a region with some of the world's weakest health systems.

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